Me Time

2022 - 8 - 26

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Me Time 2: Will there be a sequel to the Kevin Hart and Mark ... (Netflix Life)

A new Netflix comedy movie starring Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg is now streaming on Netflix and will be the next big movie hit. Hart and Wahlberg share the ...

Will there be a Me Time 2 on Netflix? However, the potential of continuing the story with Me Time 2 will hinge on how the film performs during its first month of release. Hart and Wahlberg have both starred in movies with sequels, and the appeared to have a blast together, so Me Time 2 doesn’t seem too far off.

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Should You Watch 'Me Time' on Netflix? (What's on Netflix)

Our PLAY, PAUSE or STOP review of the new Mark Wahlberg and Kevin Hart comedy. by Andrew Morgan Published on August 26th, 2022, 5:32 am EST. Share Tweet.

One of the rare characters in this film that knew how to bring it in every time he’s on-screen! Sonny needs to take time away from his family and reconnect with his life outside of them, including focusing on his own needs. In the early 2000s, writer/director John Hamburg was one of the best comedy minds in the industry. With the incredible early success of Meet The Parents, Zoolander, & I Love You, Man, Hamburg created iconic characters that still resonate with fans like myself to this day (I was once Zoolander for Halloween in my early 20s. They never seem to have a shorthand or a bond that brings them closer. Fun fact: This is the seventh movie that Kevin Hart & Regina Hall have acted in together.

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Me Time movie review & film summary (2022) | Roger Ebert (Roger Ebert)

You have to hand it to Kevin Hart for his prolificacy at the very least, keeping the middle-brow, upper-middle-budget studio comedy going on his own terms.

Yang](/cast-and-crew/jimmy-o-yang)). We grasp that the risk-taker Huck pushes the limits of the safety-minded, comparably square Sonny—and in a good way, if their skydiving experience that rejuvenates the initially reluctant Sonny is any indication. [Luis Gerardo Méndez](/cast-and-crew/luis-gerardo-m%C3%A9ndez)) and the possibility of launching her own company. They come in hoards in “Me Time”—predictably, a few land and the rest of them don’t. Among them are a goodhearted portrait of an unconventional heterosexual marriage where the woman is the breadwinner, a celebration of friendship, and a few genuinely funny and unexpected moments that almost make up for the painfully clumsy special effects. [Kevin Hart](/cast-and-crew/kevin-hart) for his prolificacy at the very least, keeping the middle-brow, upper-middle-budget studio comedy going on his own terms.

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Me time Soundtrack: Every song Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg ... (HITC)

Me Time is the newest comedy to land on Netflix and the movie is pakced with music but which songs feature in the soundtrack?

Clair [Dynamite](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdZLi9oWNZg)by BTS [Confident](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcmuH68qP3w)by Justine Skye La Chica [Believer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6CFt5kuCS8)by Crush Club [Tunnel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNS4dTMcDSU)by Polo & Pan feat. Channel Tres [Fireball](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMqgVXSvwGo)by Pitbull feat. Track)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkGnoPInlIY)by Playa Poncho [Thousand Miles](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwkej79U3ek)by Nathan Matthew David (cover of Vanessa Carlton) [Feeling Alive](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZeWHSrOu_E)by Earl St. Hilight Tribe [Connection Lost](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc4yiSM4Kis)by Don Turi feat. John Ryan [Feel So Good](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdDuFUgAeH0)by Mase [So Goes My Dream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFuSGtFHtJw)by Nadine Jansen [Whole Lotta Money (Remix)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saqqO_uWxk4)by BIA feat. [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/76Cr8SLU7I5E9GMKCXkT7a?si=0HvriqlESWqAPw8BeIUDQA) and [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/me-time-soundtrack-from-the-netflix-film/1637607210). Nicki Minaj [Big Energy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8GpG8C0YzA)by Latto [Here Comes The Hotstepper](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0N4twV28Mw)by Ini Kamoze [Hallelujah](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttEMYvpoR-k)by Kayden Koshelev (cover of Leonard Cohen) [Good Times](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5C9oeKxJzo)by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers [Whatz Up, Whatz Up (A-Town T.V. Age then and now explored](/en-gb/2022/08/24/how-old-was-isabelle-fuhrman-in-orphan-age/) [Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/81161828) after releasing on August 26, 2022. [Best Friend Song (Lemon Ice Mix)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnTya21FCj4)by Rozzi [All Good](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ih2_EKT0Xo)by Samm Henshaw [Crazy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hldJtzDyGk)by Seal [Free](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g58FIz2oltA)by Tiggs Da Author [Keep Moving (Dave Lee Remix)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf6SdtL8k0k)by Jungle [Boom](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra4BDSCfAVo)by Tiësto & Sevenn [Light It Up [Remix]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2LpOUwca94)by Major Lazer feat Nyla and Fuse ODG [Great Spirit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo4pmauhugo)by Armin Van Buuren vs Vini Vici feat. [EXPLORE THE SONGS OF NEW ROM-COM THAT’S AMOR](/en-gb/2022/08/25/thats-amor-soundtrack-songs-music-track-list-netflix/)

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Me Time Review - IGN (IGN)

Me Time features fun chemistry between Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg but is held back by a worn-out story.

The promise/premise of the movie is these two and their scenes get held back to an odd degree. The most underdeveloped of the three, actually, is Wahlberg's Huck, whose man-child catharsis at the end happens too speedily as the movie tidily figures out that everyone can have everything they want in terms of family and career. What works best are some of the actual lines and exchanges that capitalize on Hart and Wahlberg's fast-talking chemistry. In the case of Me Time, the reason Hart's Sonny is friendless, or at least hasn't really connected with his childhood friend Huck Dembo (Wahlberg, with a superb doltish movie name) in over a decade, is because he's rigidly dedicated himself to being a househusband and helicopter father after starting his own family. It's a different type of self-dug hole in that regard as the film, clumsily for the most part, addressees the issue of giving away too much of yourself for fear that you have no value outside of acts of service. Hart and Wahlberg fill the story with high energy and fun performances but the best aspects of the film came from previous movies, including director

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'Crushingly dim-witted and disposable' - Critics have demolished ... (Techradar)

Me Time, the new comedy from Netflix that stars Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg, has been given an absolute battering by critics.

It still did two weeks at the top of [Netflix's Global 10 ](https://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/6361382/type/dlg/sid/trd-us-8211449048851891000/https://top10.netflix.com/films?week=2022-07-10)(opens in new tab)with over 100 million viewing hours. [The Man From Toronto,](https://www.techradar.com/news/netflixs-dreadfully-unfunny-new-buddy-comedy-trashed-by-critics-and-audiences) Hart's last team-up with Netflix, which dropped at the end of June, [averaged out 24% on Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_man_from_toronto_2022) (opens in new tab). [Frank Scheck of the Hollywood Reporter ](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/me-time-kevin-hart-mark-wahlberg-regina-hall-netflix-1235203358/)(opens in new tab)was a little kinder, but also didn't like the movie, signing off with the message that Me Time is a "...hopelessly formulaic star vehicle", but [Deadline's Valerie Complex ](https://deadline.com/2022/08/me-time-review-kevin-hart-and-mark-wahlberg-1235100777/)(opens in new tab) was just as harsh as Travers, writing that it is "...actually impressive how unfunny this film is." [The New York Times' Teo Bugbee](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/25/movies/me-time-review.html) (opens in new tab) was as critical about the movie's production as she was about the script, stating that there's a "...flatness that feels apparent in every shot - and not just because the movie is filmed in bright, low contrast lighting." [the 365 Days duo of erotic-dramas both scored 0% ](https://www.techradar.com/news/new-thriller-tops-netflixs-most-watched-list-despite-0-rating-on-rotten-tomatoes)and managed well over 100 million viewing hours each. [Pete Travers of ABC News ](https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/review-time-laughs-hart-wahlberg-worth-part-time/story?id=88838257)stuck the boot in hard, calling the movie "a laugh-starved" as well as "crushingly dim-witted and disposable." It is worth saying that 8% is a new low for Hart. [the movie has a stinking 8% on Rotten Tomatoes ](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/me_time_2022)(opens in new tab)among critics. Not exactly effusive, but when you're averaging, take what you can get. [The Only Critic's Nate Adams](https://www.theonlycritic.com/post/me-time-review-kevin-hart-and-mark-wahlberg-connect-in-humorous-buddy-comedy) (opens in new tab), who gave the movie a B and wrote that nothing in Me Time "...will shock, but it does garner chuckles." Not by a long shot. Yang, Luis Gerardo Méndez, and Andrew Santino are among the supporting cast.

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'See'-Ya Later, 'Sisters' Gone Bad, 'Me Time' and 'Partner Track' on ... (TV Insider)

One of the original Apple TV+ series, See, begins its third and final season. Also on Apple: the dark comedy Bad Sisters escalates its bad behavior.

[Secret Celebrity Renovation](https://www.tvinsider.com/show/secret-celebrity-renovation/)(8/7c, CBS): [Ghosts](https://www.tvinsider.com/show/ghosts/)star [Utkarsh Ambudkar](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/utkarsh-ambudkar/)heads home to Gaithersburg, Md., to surprise his selfless parents with a backyard makeover perfect for large family reunions. [Me Time](/show/me-time/) where to stream [Partner Track](/show/partner-track/) where to stream [Ally McBeal](https://www.tvinsider.com/show/ally-mcbeal/) finds its way back to TV, a romantic workplace dramedy stars [Arden Cho](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/arden-cho/) as Ingrid Yun, a first-generation Korean-American lawyer who’s determined to shatter the glass ceiling and make partner at her posh law firm as a rare female person of color. [See](/show/see/) where to stream [Bad Sisters](/show/bad-sisters/) where to stream [Kevin Hart](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kevin-hart/) is the domesticated Mr. Enter sister Ursula ( [Eva Birthistle](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/eva-birthistle/)), a mother, nurse and (unfaithful) wife who finds herself in J.P.’s blackmailing crosshairs. [See](https://www.tvinsider.com/show/see/), begins its third and final season. Mom and [ Mark Wahlberg](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/mark-wahlberg/) the unhinged free spirit in a raucous buddy comedy that begins when dad is left alone for the first time in years and decides to hook up with his pal on a birthday weekend in the desert. [Claes Bang](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/claes-bang/)) failed, eldest sis Eva ( [Sharon Horgan](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/sharon-horgan/)) mutters, “If we’re doing it again, we’re doing it with poison this time. Also on Apple: the dark comedy [Bad Sisters](https://www.tvinsider.com/show/bad-sisters/) escalates its bad behavior.

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Me Time Review: Wahlberg and Hart make some trouble (Telangana Today)

There is a montage in 'Me Time', the new Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg Netflix comedy, where Hart's character Sonny gets a day to himself after a long time.

His wild activity that year is BASE jumping, which provides a lively and promising start for the film that then comes to a complete halt. And then there’s the question of why Maya, who her billionaire client (Luis Gerardo Méndez) says is ‘the best architect in the world’, lives in a cookie cutter Sherman Oaks home that looks like it’s been lifted out of a 1990s sitcom. It’s a job he takes very seriously, making Instagram-worthy lunches and managing the home while his wife Maya (Regina Hall) is working.

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Me Time soundtrack: All songs featured in the movie (Netflix Life)

The raunchy new Kevin Hart/Mark Wahlberg buddy comedy film Me Time is out now on Netflix and the soundtrack features tons of great music.

- “Crazy” by Seal I don’t know about you, but I always take new films and television shows as an opportunity to find new music, and this irreverent comedy doesn’t disappoint. [Me Time](https://netflixlife.com/2022/08/26/me-time-cast-whos-in-the-kevin-hart-and-mark-wahlberg-netflix-movie/) is finally streaming on Netflix.

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Stream It Or Skip It: 'Me Time' on Netflix, In Which Kevin Hart and ... (Decider)

Netflix's Me Time casts Mark Wahlberg as the latest co-star for Kevin Hart, who's amassing buddy comedies like a squirrel stuffing a hole full of nuts for the ...

Our Take: As ever, Hart is the great leveler, giving an enjoyable performance within the confines of a lackluster screenplay, resulting in a middling shrug of a comedy that inspires a few smirks before it ends and we never watch it again. Even Maya thinks Sonny should enjoy some time to himself, so she throws the kids on a plane to her parents’ house and he gets out the lotion and porn and you know how this scene ends – no, not the logical conclusion of such things, but like you’d get in a predictable broad R-rated comedy. Hart and Wahlberg indulge the boring guy/crazy guy dynamic and share two sentimental moments accompanied by delicately tinkled piano music. Oh, and Huck Dembo should’ve been named something else. Performance Worth Watching: And as always, Hart is the best thing about these romps. He makes the perfect school lunches, gets the kids and wife out the door and only manages to slip twice in shit left on the kitchen floor by their pet tortoise. He brings uptempo energy and an unerringly relatable, sympathetic component to these boilerplate roles. [The Man from Toronto](https://decider.com/movie/the-man-from-toronto/)), Dwayne Johnson ( [Central Intelligence](https://decider.com/movie/central-intelligence/)), Ice Cube (two [Ride Along](https://decider.com/movie/ride-along/)s) and Will Ferrell ( [Get Hard](https://decider.com/movie/get-hard/)) for goofball romps that were perfectly content being hit-and-miss mediocrities. In the PRESENT DAY, Sonny is happily married to Maya the Successful Architect (Regina Hall), and is a super-duper stay-at-home dad to Dash (Che Tafari) and Ava (Amentii Sledge). He looks across the school dropoff zone and wonders if he’s becoming poor sad lonely Crossing Guard Lenore. (Funny, how Hart’s best work was [Fatherhood](https://decider.com/2021/06/18/fatherhood-on-netflix-stream-it-or-skip-it/), which he carried on his own. He survives, of course, because it’s the very first scene in the movie.

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Don't Waste Your Free Time on the Kevin Hart Comedy <i>Me Time ... (TIME)

Kevin Hart plays a put-upon dad who goes on a birthday adventure with his oldest friend, irresponsible bachelor Mark Wahlberg in Me Time.

[The Twitter Whistleblower Needs You to Trust Him](https://time.com/6208696/twitter-whistleblower-peiter-mudge-zatko-musk-interview/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20220825) [made mistakes](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/mar/22/mark-wahlberg-i-was-a-little-rough-around-the-edges), will have to work harder than this to earn redemption. [world of streaming](https://time.com/6203940/hbo-max-streaming-wars-future/), and our brains, for the low-risk gamble of stupid comedy. [Regina Hall](https://time.com/5505434/regina-hall-black-monday/)) brings home the bacon. Written and directed by John Hamburg (Along Came Polly, I Love You, Man), this is essentially a comedy about male insecurities, as viable a theme as any. But you have to be truly willing to sink an hour and forty minutes into the nowhere hole to get through Me Time, in which [Kevin Hart](https://time.com/6191197/the-man-from-toronto-review-netflix/) plays a put-upon dad who opts, against his better judgment, to embark on a crazy birthday adventure with his oldest friend, irresponsible bachelor Mark Wahlberg.

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Me Time review: Netflix's latest comedy falls apart | Digital Trends (Digital Trends)

'Me Time' is another messy, lackluster Netflix original film. The Kevin Hart-led comedy premieres on the streaming service on Friday, August 26.

Mark Wahlberg, in particular, falls flat as Huck, who easily ranks as one of the most underwritten and thinly sketched characters that the Fighter and Ted star has ever played. The film’s opening flashback to one of Sonny and Huck’s previous adventures quickly — and quite messily — sets up the kind of zany adventures that the duo used to get into before the former decided to settle down with his family. The film has all the ingredients that it needs in order to be a successfully absurd farce in the same vein as many of the studio comedies that were released throughout the early and mid-2000s. Additionally, the film’s biggest plot beats are so loosely connected that it’s difficult to remember how Me Time even gets from one to the other throughout its story. What’s even worse is that Hamburg doesn’t even follow through on the promise of Huck’s outsized 44th birthday party. When he goes to use the bucket for the first time, he suddenly finds himself alone in a stand-off with a hungry mountain lion.

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Reviews Are In For Kevin Hart And Mark Wahlberg's New Netflix ... (Cinema Blend)

The new Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg Netflix movie is receiving iffy reviews at best.

[Netflix movie releases](https://www.cinemablend.com/streaming-news/2022-netflix-movie-release-dates) to see what you can get excited about instead. [The Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/me-time-kevin-hart-mark-wahlberg-regina-hall-netflix-1235203358/), Frank Scheck finds the movie incredibly immature. [Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg, Regina Hall](https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/no-big-deal-just-kevin-hart-chilling-with-mark-wahlberg-and-regina-hall-on-the-set-of-their-new-netflix-movie) is also bringing the laughs in this movie. Trailers show the two guys carrying a turtle in matching tracksuits and [Wahlberg goes up nude](https://www.cinemablend.com/trailers/mark-wahlberg-goes-nude-with-kevin-hart-in-netflixs-me-time-trailer) at some point, making for a chaotic time — but critics don't seem all that amused, as the movie is sitting at 8% on Rotten Tomatoes. She spent many years working in local journalism across the country writing about art, news and sports. She explains that the unrealistic wealth and stylistic choices in the movie are distracting, and that if the movie had been "consistently fun or funny," these issues would not have been a problem. Giving it two stars, Charles Bramesco explains that while there were some elements that worked, like the set pieces, Kevin Hart’s performance and the tonal confusion are its downfalls. Murray wrote that the characters are never really given a chance to grow and change because of the underdeveloped plot, causing them to stay in their given archetypes. Overall, she found it frustrating that a movie with so much possibility flopped so hard. The buddy comedy follows Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg playing two friends on a wild adventure while Hart’s character is just supposed to be having a relaxing day to himself. Peter Travers explains that Kevin Hart has a few standout comedic moments that show off his top-notch improvisational skills that are genuinely hilarious, but it's not quite enough: [Netflix's](https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2553720/the-best-movies-on-netflix-right-now) latest film Me Time hit the streamer today.

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'Me Time' Ending, Explained - Why Does Huck Owe Money To A ... (Digital Mafia Talkies)

"Me Time" opens with Huck (Mark Wahlberg) celebrating his 29th birthday by taking Sonny (Kevin Hart) for some wingsuit gliding. While hurtling to the ground ...

He sees that Huck is at the harbor, and he assumes that Stan is about to kill him. He learns that his micromanaging (and the false rumors about Crossing Guard Lenore) has caused him to try to be someone else and has distanced him from his son. He wants to combine Huck’s ability to throw great parties with his ability to entertain kids and make money from it. As a gesture of gratitude, Sonny says that he’s going to pay Stan the $47,000 so that Huck doesn’t have to be on the run constantly. But they find out that he has made a deal with Stan to work off his debt. And on that note, she leaves with the children and tells Sonny to vacate the house because she thinks they need some space in their relationship. Sonny even has a falling out with Huck after realizing that he has spent money on Seal. The positive side of this is that it strengthens Sonny and Huck’s relationship, and they shift Huck’s birthday party to Sonny’s house. Sonny says that he is the reason why they found out Huck’s location (he posted a photo on Instagram), so he is partially to blame for this sticky situation. So, they feel duty-bound to take it to the vet and ensure that it doesn’t die. If you don’t, well, it becomes clear when Huck explains later that he got fired from his ad agency and went on a bender with a client that led to his loans. This time he wants him to come away for his 44th birthday for yet another party of a lifetime.

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Me Time: What happened between Sonny and his wife Maya in ... (Sportskeeda)

Me Time, the much-awaited and entertaining comedy film, made its debut on Friday, August 26, 2022, exclusively on Netflix.

While in the desert with Huck, Sonny discovers how Armando took his wife and kids on a trip to see the island. Later on, Sonny decides to bring the party to his own house while his family is away, and he also decides to pay Huck's debt from their family savings, leading to a massive issue between him and his wife. First, he gets attacked by a mountain lion, then he fights with his wife on the phone. Upon meeting Huck, he ends up in the middle of a desert with a group of strangers in their 20s. He also misses his wife and children, who are on a trip to his in-laws. So, he finally decides to take on the 44th birthday invitation of his old best friend, Huck.

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5 Best movies like Kevin Hart2019s 'Me Time' (PINKVILLA)

Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg's Me Time offers a lot of buddy comedy fun. So which other films feature similar outlines and entertainment value?

Although Wahlberg's portrayal in The Other Guys is very different from his unassuming one in Me Time, fans of the movie will still be excited to see him in a movie about an unlikely relationship. Although the main protagonists in Due Date and Me Time are not pals in the same sense, they both share a lot of humorous pratfalls. Although the slapstick comedy in Harold & Kumar is pretty similar to Me Time, it is undoubtedly on the raunchier side of things. [Kevin Hart](https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/hollywood/heres-what-best-friends-dwayne-johnson-and-kevin-hart-got-each-other-their-birthdays-year-1161880) and Ice Cube collaborated on the film Ride Along, which was extremely similar to Me Time. The comedy timing of Wahlberg and Hart makes the movie entertaining. Me Time, when the main characters try to reignite their friendship spark, has a similar theme of friends rediscovering their relationship. In this road buddy comedy starring Zach Galifianakis and Robert Downey Jr., the former's character, Peter, is compelled to travel across the nation with the latter's character, Ethan, to reach home in time for the birth of his daughter. For the duo he forged with Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg's performance in The Other Guys typically ranks among his best films. Me Time, a buddy comedy starring Mark Wahlberg and Kevin Hart, premiered on Netflix on August 26, 2022, reintroducing both actors to the genre. Harold & Kumar succeeded despite the unlikely nature of its premise—two buddies travel to a White Castle restaurant to eat—to make a popular film. The titular pair's excursion to eat burgers involves a series of outrageous escapades that make for a crazy night. It might be wise to organize a binge-watch of these films after taking some time for yourself.

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Me Time movie review: Just another Kevin Hart film that is partly ... (News9 Live)

This could have so easily been a road film or a The Hangover-like ditsy nightmare of a ride but ends up being a mildly funny family film that relies on jokes ...

Only Hart seems to be trying his utter best to inject energy into a film that seems to not want to draw any from the visible conflicts in sight. Unfortunately, Me Time is just another Kevin Hart film that is partly funny, mostly forgettable even if it is partly promising at the beginning. It's a film that could have maybe ventured into the unknown, but on the contrary chooses to do the obvious things, poorly. It's a stringy role, never quite untethered in the way Wahlberg's reputation and career demand. It's a comedic cop-out, to let the funny man accidentally handle a lion all by himself. This loose-cannon beta male version of Hart is becoming a bit of a cliché in the world of comedy itself. It's a role Wahlberg played much better in Ted, but here he is neither offensively astray nor poignantly limited. The meta-reference reappears in the film a couple of times, suggesting it might just be about two middle-aged men struggling to recapture their youth. Wahlberg is barely there as a sexy, but an ultimately oafish man who lives in his own world. It's the oldest, coming-of-age cliché in the book – this rattling bond between men that becomes stronger at the sight of mischief or violence. To presumptively exhibit an exciting lifestyle, he turns to Huck, a middle-aged Jock who seems to always get into trouble. Somewhere in the middle of Netflix's Me Time, Huck, a man-child played of course by Mark Wahlberg explains his life's plan to his petulant, but mature friend by calling it 'the Clooney'.

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